Subject: Re: fddi cards
To: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/07/2000 10:56:36
On Wed, 08 Mar 2000 00:59:51 +1100 
 Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org> wrote:

 > > I might be able to use my turbochannel machine for such a purpose, but I
 > > need a 100BTX port on the machine to bridge my switch into the FDDI
 > > port.  So I think I need to run this on a PCI based machine.
 > 
 > I'm using a DEFTA TurboChannel FDDI card on a pmax without any problems.
 > I'm guessing that they also work on the TurboChannel-based Alphas as
 > well.  Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Yes also works well on TC Alpha.  And the core driver is the same on
the TC, PCI, and EISA versions.  So, it should work DEFPA should work
fine.  (I have a DEFEA, but haven't had a chance to test it for a while.)

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>